Garbage-can.



No. 821,241. PATENTED MAY 22, 1906. I. HIRSOHN.

GARBAGE CAN.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4, 1905.

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GARBAGE-CAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Batenteot May 22, 1906.

Application filed May 4, 905- $6Tia1N0- 258,873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC HIRSOI-IN, a citizen of the United States, residing in New York, in the borough of Manhattan and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garbage- Cans, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to cans such as used for containing garbage, ashes, rubbish, and the like, but more particularly to garbage-cans, and has among its objects the provision of a receptacle of this type having means in connection therewith for enabling the cover to be securely locked thereon in order to prevent the disturbance of the contents by unauthorized persons.

The invention also purposes the provision of a can in which the cover-locking devices are so arranged as to materially reinforce the cover and body.

The invention further aims to provide a can of the class mentioned in which the cover although intended to be locked on the body at only one point by a padlock or similar de vice is readily detachable from the body upon the unlocking of said padlock or other device in order that the can may be conveniently handled. while dumping the same.

The novel features of the invention will hereinafter appear and be defined in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar characters of reference denote identical parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a can constructed in accordance with the invention, showing the same in closed and locked posi tion. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section thereof, the locking device being omitted;

and Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the can shown in Fig. 1.

The body 1 of the improved garbage-can is formed of sheet metal in the usual manner, being provided at the sides with upright guard-strips 2, which are so twisted as to have their side edges project outwardly from the periphery of the can-body in order to protect the same against injury, said strips being riveted to the hoops at the upper and lower edges of the can-body, as shown. The lower exterior hoop 3 extends downwardly below the bottom of the body 1 and constitutes a' base or rest for the same. A reinforcing-strip 4 extends downwardly from a point adjacent the upper edge of the canbody, upon which it is disposed longitudinally diametrically across the bottom thereof and up the opposite side, as shown in Fig. 2, being retained beneaththe hoop 3 and firmly attached to the sides'of the can-body by means of rivets or in any suitable mamier, although spaced from the bottom thereof. One end of the strip 4 is bent outwardly at approximately right angles to the body and provided with an aperture, thus constituting a perforated ear 5, while the opposite end of said strip is bent outwardly in substantially the same manner, but in addition is bent into a terminal transverse bead 6. The strip 4 is also providedwith an aperture or opening 7, preferably of rectangular shape, which is adjacent the bead 6; as shown in Fig. 2.

Reference-numeral 8 indicates the cover of the improved garbage-can. Said cover is adapted to fit over the body 1, as shown, and is provided at its lower edge with an exterior hoop 9, similar to the hoop 3 at the bottom edge of the can-body, the hoop 9 serving to position a cross-strip 10, which extends diametrically of the upper face of the cover and passes at both ends beneath and beyond said cross-strip. The ends of said cross-strip are thus disposed diametrically of the cover and are bent outwardly from the side wallof the same, one end being bent into the form of an upwardly-directed hook 11, adapted to pass through the aperture 7 in the ear constituted by one end of the bodyembracing strip 4, said hook engaging the terminal bead 6, as shown in Fig. 2, and being pivotally supported thereon. The opposite end of the cross-strip 10 is formed into an outwardlyprojecting perforated ear 12, similar to and adapted to register with the ear 5, constituted by the perforated end of the strip 4.

The cross-strip 10 is provided intermediately with openings through which pass the laterally-bent ends of a handle 14, said ends being firmly seated and retained on the cover below said cross-strip, as shown in Fig. 2.

As has been stated, the hook 11 embraces the bead 6 in such a manner as to form a hinged support for the cover 8; but said cover is readily detachable when tilted so far as to release said hook. In order to lock the cover upon the body of the can, a padlock 15 or similar device is passed through the perforated ears 5 and 12 and locked, said padlock thus preventing the unhinging of the cover at the opposite side thereof. It is evident, however, that upon unlocking the padlock the cover may be detached from the body after the same has been sufficiently tilted so that the can may be readily dumped. The padlock is preferably attached to the side wall of the can-body by a chain 16.

By the improved locking means described the improved garbage-can may be closed in such a way as to make it practically impossible to open it without necessitating the total destruction thereof, inasmuch as the cross-strip of the cover and the body-embracing strip effectively prevent the displacement of the several parts. Is is therefore possible to prevent any disturbance of the contents of the can by meddlesome persons. In practice the garbage-collectors are fulnished with a master-key which serves to unlock the various cans upon their routes, so

that practically no loss of time is caused. It 7 is obvious, however, that although I have described the improved can as being particu larly designed for containing garbage it may also be used to contain ashes, rubbish, and the like.

. Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A garbage-can comprising a body, a longitudinally-disposed reinforcingstrip attached to the sides of said 'body and extend ing across the bottom thereof, the ends of said strip being disposed adjacent the upper edge of the body and extending outwardly at approximately right angles therefrom, one of said ends being provided with a bead and the other having an aperture therein, a cover fitting over said body, and a cross-strip upon ISAAC HIRSOHN.

Witnesses:

PAUL GoEPEL, HENRY J. SUHRBIER. 

